heritage centres ireland

This Ulster-American heritage trail across Larne Borough takes you on a journey around the various plaques on the Ulster-American Heritage Trail.

You will visit some of the finest of our local scenery and sites of interest. Links with American presidents and vice presidents, and others who rose to fame across the Atlantic are featured, as are US Army camps in the area used during the Second World War. The trail was established by the Ulster-American Committee, set up by Larne Boroug...

A focal point of the northern midlands where the provinces of Leinster, Ulster and Connaught all converge, Longford, where history and literature, tragedy and triumph are all woven together, takes its name from the ancient stronghold of the O'Farrell family (Long Fort - Fort of the O'Farrells). Bordered to the West by the majestic River Shannon, Longford is a county of rolling plains and picturesque stretches of water. The highest point of the county, Cairn Hill, is only 279 m high, but from...

The Ulster American Folk Park is an outdoor museum of emigration history. Features include a thatched house, barns, log cabins and craft workshops. These depict emigrant life on both sides of the Atlantic. The Ship and Dockside Gallery links the old world and the new world exhibits.
Special highlights include:
The re-enactment of an American wake
An American frontier wedding
A storytelling festival
A Hallowe'en festival...

Situated on the shores of Lough Ennell is Lilliput Park. This was once owned by Boyd Rochfort, friend of Johnathan Swift, author of Gulliver's Travels. Johnathan Swift was a regular visitor to Lilliput and while looking across from Belvedere, the idea of little people intrigued him so much, he was inspired to write Gulliver's Travels.

Today at Lilliput, there is a par 3 golf course and an historic house, Dean Swift House, currently being restored to its' former glory and which when...

Most of the shape of present-day central Dublin - the wide streets, gracious squares and elegant public buildings - was defined in the eighteenth century when Ireland was controlled by a prosperous, cultured elite who devoted their efforts to making Dublin the handsomest capital in Europe.
Rich noblemen established palatial mansions in the city, and influential developers, principally Luke Gardiner on the north side and Lord Fitzwilliam on the south, laid out squares and streets of eleg...

Unique interpretative exhibition featuring the life and times of St. Comcille (Columba) Patriarch of the Irish monastic system and founder of the Scottish Church....

A fine example of our industrial heritage in this preserved coal-fired gasworks which was built in 1855 to light the town's street lamps. An audio visual presentation tells the history of the plant along with an exhibition of machinery and a huge array of gas powered equipment. Wheelchair access....

A 17th century two storey "Thatched Mansion". This was the home of Lory Meagher, a great hurling hero of the 1920s and 1930s. It has been restorded and refurbished to the 1884 period. It provides a unique insight into how a typical Irish wealthy farming family might have lived.

"Heroes of Hurling" is Ireland's first and only exhibition centre and museum dedicated to a single county's exploits in Gaelic Games. In a magnificent restored stone builidng, four display areas show a weal...

Tours available from May to Sept and after that by appointment only. The most recent addition to Canan's tourist attractions is the Lifeforce Watermill. Built in 1846, the mill is situated in the centre of Cavan town. Although a focal point in th elife of Cavan town for over a century, changes in farming and milling technology, led to it's closure in the 1950's....

Ardara Heritage Centre tells the story of Donegal tweed from the shearing of sheep to the manufacture and completion of the beautiful woven cloth....